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Bonus Gamez: Random Edition

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Gamez is dedicated to those gaming deals that occasionally show up. Today, there is a hodgepodge of games on sale from Amazon.com and Steam. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.

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Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
Source: Metacritic.com box shot

PC Games

Assassin’s Creed: Director’s Cut Edition (PC, 2008) – 79%, Rank #538
$16.19
Genre: Action
ESRB: M (Mature)

AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard for Gravity (PC, 2009) – 85%, Rank #196
$7.49
Genre: Action
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)

PSP Games

Half-Minute Hero (PSP, 2009) – 85%
$18.98
Genre: Role-Playing Game
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)

If you were to buy all 3 games today, it would cost roughly $42.66 or roughly $14.22 each and your brain would turn to mush.

Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.

Bonus Gamez: GoGamer

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Gamez is dedicated to those gaming deals that occasionally show up. Today, GoGamer is the center of attention with their infamous “48 Hour Madness sale“. Unfortunately, the 48 Hour Madness sales have the tendency to look like “we are trying really hard to get rid of inventory of games that aren’t that great”. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.

Newegg also has a deal going on for the Logitech MX518 mouse ($39.99).

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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Source: Metacritic.com box shot

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary (PC, 2007) – 82%, Rank #389
$9.90 + $2.99 S&H ($12.89)
Genre: Action, Adventure
ESRB: T (Teen)

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (PC, 2004) – 86%, Rank #187
$4.90 + $2.99 S&H ($7.89)
Genre: Action, Adventure
ESRB: T (Teen)

NBA 2K10 (PC, 2009) – 82%, Rank #371
$14.90 + $2.99 S&H ($17.89)
Genre: Sports, Basketball
ESRB: E (Everyone)

Ceville (PC, 2009) – 78%, Rank #639
$9.90 + $2.99 S&H ($12.89)
Genre: Adventure
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)

King’s Bounty: The Legend (PC, 2008) – 82%, Rank #360
$9.90 + $2.99 S&H ($12.89)
Genre: Adventure, Turn-Based Strategy, Role-Playing Game
ESRB: T (Teen)
(Out of stock)

If you were to buy all 5 games today, it would cost roughly $55.48 (S&H overlap calculated) or roughly $11.10 each and your brain would turn to mush.

Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.

Bonus Gamez: Hodgepodge

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Gamez is dedicated to those gaming deals that occasionally show up. Today, there is a hodgepodge of games on sale from all over the place. GoGamer, Steam, and Direct2Drive all have deals today. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.

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Crayon Physics Deluxe
Source: Metacritic.com box shot

The Best of Indie Bundle Vol 2 (PC)
Crayon Physics Deluxe (PC, 2009) – 80%, Rank #524
Aquaria (PC, 2007) – 87%, Rank #145
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard for Gravity (PC, 2009) – 85%, Rank #196
I-Fluid (PC, 2008) – 69%, Rank #1236
And Yet It Moves (PC, 2009) – 81%, Rank #439
Project Aftermath (PC, 2008) – 72%, Rank #1040
Acceleration of Suguri (PC) – Unknown
$24.95
Genre: Puzzle, Action, Platform, Various
ESRB: Various
(DRM Free)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl (PC, 2007) – 82%, Rank #405
$5.90 + $2.99 S&H ($8.89)
Genre: First-Person Shooter, Role-Playing Game
ESRB: M (Mature)

Battlestations: Pacific (PC, 2009) – 76%, Rank #738
$17.49
Genre: Real-Time Strategy, Action
ESRB: T (Teen)

Battlestations: Midway (PC, 2007) – 75%, Rank #789
$9.99
Genre: Real-Time Strategy, Third-Person Action
ESRB: T (Teen)

If you were to buy all 10 games today, it would cost roughly $61.32 or roughly $6.13 each and your brain would turn to mush.

Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.